Most grandtour starts by competitors
Number of starts in grand tours before the start of Criterium du Dauphiné Libére 2001.
| Pos. | Rider | Starts | Tour | Giro | Vuelta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LELLI Massimiliano | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | TONKOV Pavel | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | DURAND Jacky | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | GONZÁLEZ José Ramón | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | MADOUAS Laurent | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | BROCHARD Laurent | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | TETERIOUK Andrei | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | PIEPOLI Leonardo | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 | TCHMIL Andrei | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | SIMON François | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | LINO Pascal | 11 | 9 | - | 2 |
| 12 | CHANTEUR Pascal | 10 | 6 | - | 4 |
| 13 | ROUS Didier | 10 | 7 | - | 3 |
| 14 | CAPELLE Christophe | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | KASPUTIS Artūras | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | GOUVENOU Thierry | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | HEULOT Stephane | 8 | 5 | 3 | - |
| 18 | PLAZA David | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | GOUGOT Fabrice | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | MAGNUSSON Glenn | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |